While the photo alone may not convince the skeptical that Kutcher was the right man for the job, the director of programming at Sundance, Trevor Groth, assures that the actor owns the role.

"We're really excited to have it as the closing night. It's really an inspirational and entertaining film about a man who has had such a significant impact on the world," Groth told USA Today. "My hunch is he got the job because he bears a striking resemblance to Jobs physically. But [Kutcher] really owns the performance."

Joining "jOBS" in the non-competitive portion of the fest will be another highly publicized biopic, "Lovelace." The film stars Amanda Seyfried as "Deep Throat" adult star Linda Lovelace, Peter Sarsgaard as Chuck Traynor and James Franco as Playboy head Hugh Hefner.

To see the full list of films premiering at Sundance, which runs January 17-27, visit Sundance.org.

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Ths acting task is tricky because Steve Jobs was regarded as very intelligent, whereas Ashton Kutcher excels at being a moron. Steve Jobs could easily personify Ashton, Ashton will never, ever, ever have the ability to personify Steve.

is a moron–she's pathetic–she went down this road with bruce willis who cheated on her also....
its like when does woman see it coming....when i was younger i peaced out right away when
i sensed...i didn't even wait...i just said bye.

Ashton has a track record as a fairly good actor. But in the photo he looks like Ashton, not Steve Jobs. I will have to see the movie to see if he can recreate the character. I am one of the few people who thought that Lindsey Lohan actually did a pretty good job as Liz.

i've seen 2 of his speeches..i could not take my eyes of of him because he was so intelligent..i did not a psycho energy from him but i did get depression....when it came to his work...he was the greatest.

"'jOBS' is a candid, inspiring and personal portrait of the one who saw things differently." In other words, the movie is a lie. I've been reading Jobs' biography and it's clear that Jobs may have been brilliant, but was also a disgusting, abusive and psychopathic human being.

Are you serious, Lale? He is absolutely the worst actor on TV. ANd the highest paid? It's not even worth mentioning his name which would give him free publicity. He has the fury of a caged mouse. Just boggles the mind to give this man any respect. His biggest success was sleeping with Demi moore and getting press for it. Christsakes.

I will not be watcing the movie. I am no fan of Ashton. However, Steve Jobs is a Bos$, he made the I stuff. Ipod, Iphone, Ipad(not a woman`s hygine product. lol) I remeber when he came out with the Macintosh computers. Even Bill Gates had respect for him.I wonder if he were still alive, if he would develope a console gameing system like Xbox, or Playstation. It would probably be good. What do you think?

Awesome, let's keep glorifying the lives of computer nerds and making them into dashing superheroes bangin' chicks left and right, ala The Social Network. I'm sure this will be a realistic portrayal. And can we all just finally hop off of Jobs' pole? He was a clever marketer who took pre-existing products and made them appeal to hipsters. No innovation whatsoever, and was apparently not too friendly a guy. "Must Miss".

I tried to paste a photo of Steve Jobs that they apparently recreated with Ashton Kutcher. I couldnt. However, if you want to see it, just type "young steve jobs" into google or yahoo images and you will see it. As far as looking like him, its pretty good. I'm not going to tell you that Kutcher is Laurence Olivier, but maybe he does a Paul Reubens in "Blow" and totally nails it.